Wait, pharmaceuticals in our water? You read that right. As we previously reported in Is Your Tap Water Safe?, drugs and even pesticides could be flowing from your faucet. But because the government doesn't require testing for them, its impossible to say for sure.

While our research with the Arizona Laboratory for Emerging Contaminants at the University of Arizona found filters that really work, we recognized GE for being the first company to develop a water filter certified to remove pharmaceuticals.

Now, GE has introduced a filter similar to the one in our award-winning fridge that works in certain new and older GE side-by-side and French door refrigerators. The GE MWF Filter ($50) is National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) Certified and removes 15 contaminants, such as lead, cysts, and mercury, as well as more than 94% of five trace pharmaceuticals, including Ibuprofen, Atenolol, Fluoxetine, Progesterone, and Trimethoprim.

GEs RPWF Filter ($55), which is used by our VIP Award winner, also fits certain other bottom-freezer refrigerator models.

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